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Robinhood drops the confetti, but advisers aren’t convinced Robinhood's confetti graphic led to heavy criticism of its gamification tactics, but advisers say investor education is still what's needed. April 6, 2021 3 MINS After a bleak start to the year following the Gamestop stock surge and having multiple lawsuits filed against it, free trading app Robinhood Markets updated its application program interface to calm recent accusations that it was engaged in market manipulation and gamification.  This week millions of Robinhood users may have noticed that the celebrat...

Abel Noser Solutions Recruits Alexander Sedgwick to Head Global Fixed Income TCA Group New York, NY, April 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abel Noser Solutions today announced the appointment of Alexander Sedgwick as Global Head of the company's expanded fixed income analytics group. Mr. Sedgwick is well-known in the investment community with nearly 20 years of multi-asset sales, trading and consultative experience and has held a variety of roles focused on the rapid electrification of global markets. He comes to the firm with a diverse skill set having held senior roles at both buy- and sell-...

Online brokerage eToro to go public via SPAC With pressures on Robinhood, eToro’s large user base and scale places the U.K.-based challenger front and center to disrupt the U.S. market. March 17, 2021 3 MINS Commission-free trading and social networking app eToro announced plans Tuesday to go public via a merger with a blank-check firm set to value the combined company at about $10.4 billion.  EToro is slated to merge with special purpose acquisition company FinTech Acquisition Corp. V, which is led by Betsy Cohen, one of the prominent businesswomen who have joined th...

Buy-side firms split on merits of digital transformation Asset managers are divided on the merits of adopting a digital approach to client communication despite evidence that the majority are failing to meet their client’s reporting requirements, according to recent research. While some firms are moving ahead with digital transformation plans including on-demand reporting and online portals, others are choosing not to act either due to an apparent lack of demand or a difficulty in building a business case. The study, ‘Is client communications the stumbling block for next-gen client experi...

'); //]]>//--> By Jack M. Germain Feb 9, 2021 5:12 AM PT Is your list of new business customers falling short due to issues with their rejected credit approvals? New User Missed Opportunity or "NUMO" is a growing problem for e-commerce vendors. It is caused by false payment declines based on a lack of access to current consumer data by the rating agencies. But you can fix this problem. False declines and the NUMO phenomenon have been occurring for years. Today's volume of new online shoppers is two times greater than pre-COVID levels. Turning these new users into repeat buyers presents tremen...